The Liberia IT Revolution Project is a two-year initiative to boost the IT ecosystem in Liberia, particularly by nurturing and motivating start-ups to identify creative solutions in mobile and internet technologies, software and web development and link them to market opportunities. The project strengthens the Liberian IT sector, creates…

Mobile data collection is a new way of conducting enumerations, surveys, etc using mobile devices with various mobile technologies. These technologies come with a lot of advantages from easy collection, analysis, collaboration to disseminating data in real time onward to finding a unique way to curate and organize data directly…

"The most important determinant of a country’s competitiveness is its human capital and talent –- the skills, education and productivity of its workforce. Women account for one-half of the potential talent base of the world.” - A study conducted by the ITU (International Telecommunication Union). In celebration of the Girls…

It's the age of Big Data. But what, exactly, do we do with all this information? Do you work with surveys, demographic information, evaluation data, test scores or observation data? What questions are you looking to answer, and what story are you trying to tell with your data? The world…

International Women's Day TED Show As part of activities marking International Women's Day (8th March), iLab partnered with the Ministry of Gender and Development and the United Nations Mission In Liberia to host the International Women's Day TED show for girls. A special TED talk featuring prominent women; Michelle Obama…

iLab has a very special program coming up in March – targeting especially web/mobile/software developers and entrepreneurs. We have a visiting expert, Jukka Heinonen, from Finland visiting iLab from Feb 27 to March 25. The detailed times for trainings are being worked out, training descriptions below. Introduction to Software Project Management - March 5th-11th,…

Wow! We couldn’t believe it. With all of our donors, collaborators, partners and users on board, we’ve hit a milestone we didn’t even dream about when starting iLab back in May, 2011: we have served 1,280+ people in 2013 alone. Trainings Intermediate Branding and advertisement course Quick start Website…

Offering free trainings in contextually relevant ICTs that are open to the public. Also hosts tech events and serves as a meet-up space for a range of tech enthusiasts and professionals. Though busy, this month's events and training were exciting and interactive. Having 5 events, 4 trainings and 18 co-working…

A training organised by German Development Corporation in Liberia (GIZ) and implemented by iLab. The course introduces Information Communications and Technologies (ICT) to Liberian contractors, 30 persons from the transport sector are trained on computer basics, data cu-ration and storage, Internet basics, Email etiquette how to create and manage their Facebook business page…

After one month of dedicated training, the second class for the ladies in python has come to an end. They took part in the intro to python programming where basically the basics in python language where taught them. We had the slow learners and the fast learners; and we ensured…